Garment



March 9, 1937. J. A. SCHAFFER 2,073,495

GARMENT Filed Aug. 5, 1936 C C C C' Patented Mar. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES Pxrlslsrr oFFlce GARMENT Application August 5, 1936, Serial No. 94,301

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in garments and more particularly to womens slips. The invention has for its object the provision of a garment of the type indicated which will be characterized and distinguished from prior garments of the type by various features of construction which will render it economical to produce and, at the same time, adapt it to the form of the wearer and render it resistant to strains in use. Generally speaking, the garment according to this invention comprises members cut on lines adapting the garment to the form of the wearer and seamed together. The several sections are cut from a piece of fabric on a bias with reference to the direction of extension of the warp threads thereof and are of such form as to cut from the piece with a. minimum of waste.

More particularly, the garment will comprise front and back members, the side edges of which will extend, at least adjacent the waist line, on lines curving inwardly, and side members each comprising an upper and lower section seamed together on a bias line.

' The several members are so cut from a piece of 5 fabric that the warp of the fabric will extend in the same direction in the front and the lower sections of the sides and at an angle thereto in the back. The sections of the side members will be so cut out that the extension of the warp threads in the upper and lower sections will bear an angular relationship.

Having now indicated in a general way the nature and purpose of this invention, I will proceed to a detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof with reference to the accompanying drawing., in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a. length of fabric with members of a garment in accordancewith this invention laid out thereon.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the members of a garment in accordance with this invention laid together before seaming, the back member being severed.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a completed 45 garment in accordance with this invention.

In the drawing a indicates a length of fabric, comprising filler threads b interwoven with warp threads c and having the members 3 and 6, the iront and back members l and 8 and sections I, 2, 4, 5, 9, I0, Il, and I2 forming the side members of a. pair of garments laid out thereon on the bias with respect to the direction of extension of the warp threads c.

In cutting out the several members from the 66 piece, pairs of front members 3 and 6 will be cut from opposite edges of the piece and likewise with respect to pairs of back members 'S and 8. The upper sections g of the side members will be cut in pairs on lines at right angles, thus the sections Ill and Il will be cut from thc edge of the piece, 5 while the sections I and l2 will be cut from the ends or from lines at right angles to the edges. Further, the sections lll and 2l will be cut from opposite directions and likewise the sections I and l2.

The sections of the side members are secured together endwise on the bias lines e-f, it being noted that the upper sections g (Figure 2) of the side members, respectively, are chosen fromthose which meeting the lower sections h on the bias l5 lines e-f, have their warp threads extending at an angle to the warp threads c of the lower sections h. The side members are assembled with the front and back members, as shown in Figure 2, the members being selected so that the warp threads c of the front member and of the lower section h of the side members all extend vin the same direction and the Warp threads of the back member extend at an angle thereto and in the same direction as do the warp threads of the 25 upper sections g of the side members. The several members are secured together along their adjacent edges by seams. As will be obvious from the drawing, Figures 2 and 3, the bias lines e-f, on which the sections of the side members 30 are secured together, extend from approximately the bust line into the region of the waist line.

As will now be observed, the members forming the garment in accordance with this invention are of such form and are so laid out on the piece of goods as to avoid waste and enable production of the garment with maximum economy.

The garment will follow the lines of and conform smoothly to the figure due to the curvature of the edges of the several members and will be highly resistant to tearing under strain due to the angular relationship of the warp threads in the sections of the side members, the fact that the sections are secured together on bias lines, and the angular relationship of the warp threads of the back section with the warp threads of the side sections.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A slip comprising one-piece front and back members cut from a fabric on the bias and side members comprising two sections cut from a fabric on the bias and secured together endwise on a bias line extending from approximately the bust line into the region of the waist line with the warp threads of one section extending at an angle to' the warp threads of the other section, said front, back and side members being secured together along their edges.

2. A slip comprising one-piece front and back members cut from a fabric on the bias and side members-comprising two sections cut from a fabric on the bias and secured together endwise on a bias line extending from approximately the bust line into the region of the waist line with the warp threads of one section extending at an angle to the warp threads of the other section, the said members being assembled and secured together with the warp threads of the front and back sections in an angular relationship, with the warp threads of the upper sections of the side members extending in the same direction as those of the back member and with the warp threads of the lower sections of the side members extending in the same direction as those of the front member.

JOHN' A. SCHAFFER. 

